The Most Powerful Austrian in History

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0:00 Introduction
2:52 Becoming an Emperor
9:05 Marriage
11:15 Moe Kingdoms Moe Problems
19:29 Health Problems
20:50 The Last Hurrah!
22:32 The Americas
30:21 Transatlantic Slavery
32:00 Abdication
35:27 Conclusion
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[@MLaserHistory]

! Extra Information & Clarifications ! Sources for all my videos are in the bibliography of my scripts available for free to download on my Patreon. www.patreon.com/mlaser?filters[tag]=script 0:14 I said 4 continents because Charles definitely ruled places in Africa, North and South America, and Europe, however, in the video I also added Asia with an asterisk because depending on how you want to define "rule" you could count him ruling briefly in Asia as well. 2:00 The scale of the mental instability of Joanna has been called into question recently. Basically there's an argument to be made that her father, Ferdinand, and later also Charles, over exaggerated her mental instability in order to rule on her behalf. 3:54 I know Charles was separately the king of Aragon and the king of Castile at the time, but for the sake of brevity and simplicity every time I am talking about an event happening in one or the other kingdom, or both, I will just say Spain. 4:09 There were also other reasons why the rebellions occurred but again, for simplicity sake, I only stated one of the main reasons. 5:42 There's actually a whole debate about how much of a Catholic Charles actually was. This is because despite his statements of being a devout Catholic, he showed some leniency towards the Lutherans during his reign. This is an interesting debate but ultimately pointless, as Charles made it clear that he believed religion was a quintessential part of his Empire and how he retained control over so many divided possessions, therefore, even if he might have agreed with some of the Lutheran points he could have never actually acknowledged them without losing a lot of his power. 7:14 There was also pressure from some of the Spanish and German nobles to divide Charles' domains upon his death as neither of them wanted a future monarch whose attention would be divided just like Charles' was. 8:15 These rebellions had aspects of lutheranism within them but as always in history there was far more going on within them than just religious protestantism. 9:09 Charles would also have illegitimate children after his wife died but he never had any mistresses while married nor did he cheat on his wife at any point while she was alive. 11:26 I am skipping over a lot of detail here, especially a lot of local power dynamics happening in Italian principalities, but there's just no time for that. 13:53 Mostly only excluding the part about Burgundy from the previous treaty. 15:35 Look up Ottoman admiral Barbarossa and Charles' Tunisian vassal Abu Abdallah Muhammad V al-Hasan. 15:52 Obviously, I am oversimplifying the reasoning for Francis going to war here. In fact, I am oversimplifying the reasoning for going to war for every single war in this video. Wars usually don't start due to just a couple of reasons, but trying to explain the nuanced politics of every war that Charles was involved in would be impossible for a KZbin video. 17:35 The Protestants were a continues problem for Charles and his brother Ferdinand, and in this video I am only referring to the most major events. Many smaller things are simply not mentioned like the League of Torgau and Dessau, the Diet of Speyer, the 1532 Charles' and Ferdinand's concessions to the protestants because they needed soldiers to fight the Ottomans, the 1535 Francis support of the Lutherans, and many more. 17:43 From left to right these were the Catholic and protestant, respectively, negotiators at the Diet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_of_Regensburg_(1541) 19:01 The Augsburg Interim (the edict) was actually much more complicated than this but there was no time to explain so I oversimplified it. 23:25 Charles at the time, also, secured funds from Henry VIII, and some bankers, by showing them what he got from the Americas and in doing so convincing them to lend him money backed by the future profits still to come from the Americas. 30:35 The Americas had a huge labor shortage. The immigration from Europe was by far not big enough to fill the labor shortages, and since Charles was fighting against the enslavement of the indigenous peoples, not to mention their high death rate due to European wars, enslavement, and diseases, this meant that the labor shortage could only be fixed by importing slaves. 31:03 Moor was an exonym that could, depending on the context, denote any Muslim regardless of race or ethnicity. Meaning moors could also include people from sub-saharan Africa as well as Iberian Muslims. It could also rarely just mean a slave in Spain regardless of their religion. It was a very ambiguous term and, therefore, often more defining factors were added in texts and transactions like 'black moor' or 'white moor' to identify who exactly is being talked about. This is where the names of the 'black moorish' heads on some European flags come from. There are some references to 'white moorish' slaves being shipped of to the Americas. Although extremely little. I, for example, only found one instance of it happening. 31:36 It wasn't by far the only step or the first step towards the development of racial based slavery, however, it was an important one. Also, it is important to understand that the transatlantic slave trade in the 16th century was miniscule, around 5% of the size when compared to the 18th century. My understanding of the early Transatlantic slave trade, and the development of the modern concept of race that came with it, isn't large, so I apologise if I didn't represent it perfectly accurately. For a better and more comprehensive picture on the racialization and its connection to slavery see; S. Seth, Difference and Disease : Medicine, Race, and the Eighteenth-century British Empire, (Cambridge, 2018) 32:22 There are several slightly differing accounts of his final speech. I went with the one I felt like sounded the best. 35:17 Charles did take active part in political affairs even after his retirement, and technically his abdication wasn't officially completed until 1556 or even 1558 depending on how you want to look at it, but all of that is far too much nuance to be able to put into this video.

[@user-nn8cw6nv6g]

"The Muslims are too evil to be enslaved, so they deserve to be free from our enslavement. Other Non-Christians in Africa are not evil, so we can abuse them as much as we want." *Logic 100*

[@rickyyacine4818]

No dbz super sayans 3 eu4 meme 🤔😂😂😂😞

[@rickyyacine4818]

For charles 5

[@sandeepgill9975]

Could you make a video based on the mid-late 1800's Spanish Empire?

[@MLaserHistory]

@@sandeepgill9975 at some point sure but for now my next planned video about Spain would be something about "Spain vs Conquistadors"

[@HeisenbergFam]

Imagine Austrian Painter's reaction if he saw this

[@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658]

If you want to be technical AH was by far the most powerful Austrian. Charles V did not have an Army of that size, nor tanks, bombers, machine guns or V-2 rockets.

[@AlOstosman]

There you are again heisenberg

[@samgatsby8437]

His reaction: "This is a Travesty!!!"

[@jtgd]

“NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN!”

[@Qmaasol]

@@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658 by that Logic the current Austrian ruler is far stronger then AH because of austrias modern military. Its always a comparison with the other nations of a certain time.

[@markymark7247]

No wonder he was the most powerful Austrian, the man had to fight an EU4 player's worst nightmare: the Franco-Ottoman alliance.

[@12hours67]

And don’t forget that bunch of annoying german states

[@basedchango2172]

Bro in my last Austria playthrough I declared on the Franco Ottoman alliance and got fucked 💀

[@maxspechter4321]

In the end, much of America is catholic and speaks Spanish/Portuguese, which is definitely a testament to the impact

[@iqbalmuharam379]

​ss

[@iqbalmuharam379]

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[@Tantalpyro]

“I speak in Latin to God, Italian to Women, French to Men, and German to my Horse.” Charles V (In reality he propably didnt say that, but it describes his "ethnicity" pretty well)

[@qwopiretyu]

Bro if my horse was trained in ancient sumerian you can bet I'd learn it. I'm not letting my car drive off without protest.

[@oppionatedindividual8256]

Ethnicity is not useful in this context. I’m 17%.. sc.. Sc.. Scottish ugh.. but I don’t speak Scots or Pict. However I’m 73%_ English, and I do speak it, primarily because I was born and raised in England. If I was raised in Portugal and spoke Portuguese, I would not be ethnically Portuguese.

[@dt534]

His favorite language was Spanish but he was more fluent in French which he used at the end of his life. He didn't like German

[@Call_me_Dali]

Spanish to God*

[@Tantalpyro]

@@Call_me_Dali I think there are different versions of this quote.

[@disturbedjester8154]

Abdicating when you're no longer fit to rule, is very admirable. The guy managed to exit gracefully while being ravaged by illnesses.

[@ramiromen6595]

“Charles the V was the last person to truly believe and reach for the old Carolingian dream- a Universal, Christian Empire. But in truth no person in history could have governed such an expansive realm” I read it in a summary of universal history published by a local newspaper here in Argentina back in the day and the quote always stuck with me.

[@felixbedera7642]

you deserve a gift 🎉

[@Pa_blito]

It's incredible to think that Buenos Aires was originally founded in 1536, during Carlitos V reign

[@Alexandro_Magno]

El no perseguía ese sueño por el antiguo imperio carolingio sino probablemente por el lema de los Austrias "A.E.I.O.U" or basicslly Spain.

[@thaneofwhiterun3562]

The Spanish empire is rarely given credit for being among the first powers to sit down and have a conversation to discuss if their conquests are justified. The laws of Burgos actually set a precedent for human rights. And as time went on, treatment towards the indians would go on to become increasingly benevolent and benign.

[@MLaserHistory]

The book I mentioned at the end of the video had a line that went something like, "despite all their brutal acts and conquests, the Spanish Empire is not given enough credit for how much it tried to curtail such acts through laws and debates even if they eventually proved futile"

[@thaneofwhiterun3562]

@@MLaserHistory There are records of Indian families being raised to nobility. And even forming part of the council of the Indies, along with studying in Spanish universities. Mistreatment would absolutely continue, even after the independence wars. In Mexico for example, illegal slavery of the Mayans would exist and be tolerated into the 20th century. But we also have records of indians managing to obtain genuinely well paid jobs, their race being no obstacle. Along with the legality of mixed marriages, and the fact that Indians in Chile and Peru were the stronghold of South American monarchism. It's kinda hard to get a complete picture here, because there's a lot of sources that are of a historical current called "Black Legend". Specifically made to make the Spanish empire look as vile as possible. If you can manage to translate, a channel that may interest you called "Brigada Antifraude" has many videos on this, specifically being made to disperse rumors on the Spanish conquest. I also want to add that I love your content, and you're one of my favourite history youtubers. With a charming and relaxing tone to come with all the information. Cheers 🥂.

[@Tom_Cruise_Missile]

​@@thaneofwhiterun3562 to be fair the Spanish also did absolutely unjustifiable things, up to their failed war to hold on to Mexico that ended with their scorching of the entire country out of sheer spite. As an American, it's painful to see the effects of their actions. Mexico never even had a shadow of a chance after that.

[@thaneofwhiterun3562]

@@Tom_Cruise_Missile Meh. While the Mexican independence war was an absolute brutal cataclism for everyone involved, it wasn't out of spite. México was the absolute backbone of the Spanish empire and they gave it their all to keep it, which definitely prompted their brutality. It's very misleading however to blame the state of modern Mexico on their war of independence. Centuries of Criollo despotism and corruption created the state of modern Mexico, although drug trafficking has done a great deal of damage most recently. The matter is complicated, because the rebels (usually) are portrayed as heroic liberators by their respective nations. But many times the story was way more complicated. Bolivar was a slaver, who fought an army of royalist mestizos, blacks and indians in Colombia. And then waged a campaign of extermination against the Spaniards. In Chile a criollo leader tricked an Indian tribe into believe their were loyalists so that they'd unknowingly attack royalists. It's a deceptively nuanced topic, and both sides waged a brutal campaign on Mexico.

[@HidalgodeAndalucia]

​@@thaneofwhiterun3562 Brigada Antifraude is a known liar and bad propagandist who doesn't know anything about what he is talking about. Like the dude doesn't even source anything, come on

[@ansfriedjanssens7623]

As someone of Flanders (Belgium). We see him as one of our own, not Austrian, not Spanish just Flemish. As he was born in Flanders and was tutored/ influenced by the Flemish customs when he was young. We just call him Emperor Charles, as we don't had previous emperors. I remembered reading stories that he went to Spain for the first time and all Spanish/Castilian bureaucrats and nobels tough he was going to appoint Flemings to all positions of power.

[@MLaserHistory]

Yes, the Spanish were initially very scared that he will appoint people from HRE, including Flanders, to administrative positions in Spain. That's partly why the rebellion happened. However, over time Charles did become more "Spanish" and the those fears went away.

[@dt534]

​@@MLaserHistory Charles is interesting because he assimilated very well into Castille. Though he was culturally Flemish in youth it can't be understated that he saw himself as Burgundian and Dijon was his goal for decades until he finally settled with Castille

[@christophmaier4397]

Nothing about him was flemish lol, he was primarily austrian(german) and spanish

[@AlexSanchezdeArribas]

He was son to Juana of Castile, who was Spanish, and Philip the Fair, who was Austrian. He was born in Ghent and was raised primarily by his aunt, Margaret of Austria, who was indeed Austrian. He also has Flemish tutors but the family thing is primarily Austrian. Have on consideration that he belonged to the imperial family, not to a noble Flemish one, and so he was educated for the empire not for only rule in Flanders. And yes he saw himself as Burgundian for sure since he was duke since the death of his father when he still very young, but later we can safely say that he choose to become more Spanish. All his life personal choices proves so.

[@user-hv7jv8bb6c]

@@christophmaier4397 he was Flemish because some of his ancestors reigned in Flanders and other Netherlands (as a part of greater Burgundy) and because he was born and raised there. He was Austrian only in the sense that some of his ancestors reigned in Austria.

[@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658]

Finally, Charles V gets some attention. He was the most powerful man in the world in his time.

[@MLaserHistory]

Definitely! He was even the most powerful European since the Roman times. Charlamagne is the only one who could possibly come close but Charles also ruled over the Americas.

[@shinsenshogun900]

@@MLaserHistory Can Charles von Habsburg here be called the most traveled sovereign in human history?

[@MLaserHistory]

@@shinsenshogun900 Maybe the most traveled European one perhaps. A lot of the rulers of the Steppe Polities traveled all the time. Also, many European medieval kingdoms functioned with Itinerant royal courts (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itinerant_court), that is there was never any power centre, it was all just the royal court traveling around the kingdom and dealing with things as they come up. So it would be hard to say. But I am willing to bet he was the most traveled European Monarch of the Early Modern Period.

[@ahmeda6591]

With the existing of the ottoman Sultan and the Chinese emperor? That's a joke

[@ellidominusser1138]

​@@ahmeda6591 you know the Ottomans and Spain were rivaled? And you know how much influence Charles had with gold from the americas? And Ming's just another dynasty of china doing nothing. Charles used his power at least.

[@andreascovano7742]

A note 26:20 a partial point of the encomienda system is that it was intended as a reward for conquistadores to go out and fight for basically free. The Americas quite possibly cost nothing to the spanish state, as none of the soldiers were paid by spain, nor any of the fleet, and all conquest automatically gave the crown the "royal fifth" of gains. Basically the Crown gave itself a headache by cheaping out on the conquest, they now could not really demand the only reward the conquistadors earned for their fighting and dying to be removed.

[@ChevyChase301]

Spanish King: if we send men to a foreign land without paying them I’m sure everything will go great!

[@qwopiretyu]

​@@ChevyChase301 tfw you just created a breakaway state/former colony

[@FOLIPE]

​@@qwopiretyu Which was the plan all along anyway

[@aviecenna8579]

"No occupation without compensation!"

[@thomasthepanzerkampfwageni2586]

I wasn't the only one who thought about that one other person.

[@MLaserHistory]

That was the point/bait ;)

[@MyVanir]

Who's your favorite Austrian painter: 1. Egon Schiele 2. Otto Muehl 3. Karl von Blaas 4. Ernst Klimt 5. Other

[@cernejr]

A Czech here: The Hapsburgs were not perfect, but for Czechs they were WAY better than anything that came after them. Charles was a strong leader, principled man, dedicated to his work. That is why we talk about him today.

[@christophmaier4397]

Gottwald best czech Leader

[@felixbedera7642]

you deserve a gift

[@martinvokurka6153]

what did come after them that was worse for the czech ppl?

[@scarymonster5541]

Jan zizka

[@nicholasricardo8443]

@@martinvokurka6153 Hitler, communism

[@napoleonbuonaparte8975]

People like Charles V are the proof of why you have to do your Diplo in CK2/3 and EU4.

[@napoleonbuonaparte8975]

13:24 That's pretty ironic considering Francis I was called the "Knight King" because of his hobbies.

[@marquisobscurite9104]

He knew he couldn't beat a man who literally was willing an empire to be stable

[@stepansvehla2080]

What you can actually get safe passage????? - Jan Hus

[@user-hv7jv8bb6c]

Sigismund was a Luxemburg, not a Habsburg! Only Bohemians could trust a Luxemburg! -- Karl V

[@stormchazer3068]

"Who's this new pokemon?"

[@MLaserHistory]

It's Charles I, who later evolves into Karl V :D

[@HoH]

Awesome, going to sit back and enjoy this.

[@henninghesse9910]

Imagine what would have happened if the pope only took a small step into reforming the church. No division in christianity, no thirty years war, maybe the HRE would have survived in some way as a heterogeneous ethnical realm. No german nationalism and maybe in the end, at least in germany but maybe also in italy, no fascism.

[@felixbedera7642]

you deserve a better gift

[@adge5182]

It was more complex than that. Protestants didn't care about that, they care about maintaining the privileges against a centralist emperor and they cared about expanding their properties by stealing from the church.

[@nicbahtin4774]

Damn the man didn't just look like a gigachad he was a giga chad

[@thekingshussar1808]

Habsburg Jaw = Gigachad Jaw

[@MyVanir]

Inbreeding is the way to chaddom.

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

A 21 year old emperor (in other words, and administrator) invites an experienced theologian to a religious debate. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.

[@rin_etoware_2989]

not even watched it yet, it's Charles Dual Numbers i'll also edit this question in: when Charles gave the Netherlands to his son Philip, did he ever expect how that same place would end up dragging the rest of his inheritance into the absolute grind that was the Eighty Years' War?

[@MLaserHistory]

Yes, and no. The low countries were the most profitable part of the Empire. Spoils from the Americas could surpass it any one year but those weren't stable like the taxation from the low countries was. Therefore, Charles gave the low countries to his son because he wanted his son to have the most profitable part of the Empire. He knew it might be a problem controlling them but he thought his son could handle it, which we now know he couldn't, but Charles had hope at the time.

[@rin_etoware_2989]

@@MLaserHistory thinking about it, he must have also seen how Philip dealt with England and thought he could do that with the Dutch as well. and Philip messed up with England as well, so

[@andreascovano7742]

@@MLaserHistory I think we need to factor the wars Charles V took that shaped his world view. He could have given the Low Countries to his brother and therefore help him as aswell economically, whilst Philip kept Italy which was very very rich still. But It would make sense if he wanted to give his successors the ability to focus on only one front. The 2 front war was a real headache for charles and was partly why he had such a hard time winning in the later stages. But this could be fixed if he gave the provinces bordering france to philip (so philip can focus only on france) and the HRE and the austrian provinces to Ferdinand (so that he can focus only on fighting the ottomans)

[@jtgd]

Good ole Charles 2 numbers

[@pedrolo3821]

Charles's grand strategy to retain the provinces was the marriage of the Queen of England to her son as long as a son of this relationship controlled England and the provinces as one entity.

[@thaneofwhiterun3562]

Charles is remembered as a great king of Spain to this day. A great promoter of the Hispanic civilization.

[@wolfgang6517]

Carolus, Dei gratia Romanorum imperator semper Augustus. Truly the last great Ceaser. Shame he abdicated

[@MLaserHistory]

I don't think he really had a choice, his time was near and he knew it. Better to have abdicated a bit earlier and secure the succession than to have his family fight over it.

[@wolfgang6517]

@@MLaserHistory True, but its still a rather sad end to such a Great Emperor

[@VelikaSrbija-bw1zo]

Ah the german lust for roman history they never had.

[@GAMER123GAMING]

@@VelikaSrbija-bw1zo They do it better than the greeks though

[@wolfgang6517]

@@VelikaSrbija-bw1zo Southern Germany was part of the Roman Empire

[@FelipeGarcia-ch3iw]

Charles’s mom Joana actually died a couple of years before Charles. She lived in Tordesillas (yeah the town of the treaty) in a very fancy palace. From what we have Charles loved his mom and always treated her very good (one of the reasons being that she was still the titular queen of Castille) so yeah the most powerful man in Christendom was a mommy’s boy. Joana’s life is very interesting as well to explore, after all that being said excellent video

[@felixbedera7642]

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[@felixbedera7642]

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[@pedrolo3821]

I don't know if the deal was very good (they kept her locked up in a tower all her life claiming madness when in reality that was quite questionable)

[@Curri95]

@@pedrolo3821 She wasn't crazy at all, it was just a plan of Fernando and Carlos to keep her under control

[@higochumbo8932]

Not sure I would call him a mommy's boy considering he was raised by his aunt.

[@NorthernXY]

Great video. As you stated, he had a lot of different ethnicities, but I think he considered himself a citizen of the Low Countries because he grew-up in the there.

[@saltA-saurus]

Awesome video! Glad to see you have more Patrons!

[@smorcrux426]

Amazing video as usual!

[@humpteedumptee8629]

this dude needs more views. his videos are amazing.

[@nirfz]

This is a way better summarization than i have ever seen in any of my history books in school. (as an austrian) What i found interesting in th comments is that the belgians claim him, the spanish claim him... Which usually happens if a person has strong connections to somewhere and is seen in a positive way. And the second thing i found interesting: usually when a person in history acts like the king of france here, people are all over it with the comments. Not here. I haven't found a single bad joke about it, or anyone making fun of him. (among almost 300 comments,) But found a positive comment about him...

[@Alexandro_Magno]

As a Spanish , i believe we shouldnt claim for our own country but all in general as he ruled over Spain Austria HRE , Flandes ( idk in english ) belgium , burgundi and América ; and did it without fear at all . Pd: Francis I cowards as all french ppl

[@nm7358]

Charles V was Flemish, not Austrian. He was born in Ghent and always said that the only title that really mattered to him, if he had to keep one, was his county of Flanders.

[@andevm5922]

Funny! You used the Spanish shield of the republic. The mural crown was used during the republic, the royal one has a regular crown. 2:35

[@santoast24]

As always, an absolute masterpiece. Such elegant and wonderful videos are worthy of high praise And no praise is higher than the award of being the reason Im late for work this morning...... oh shoot

[@saifors]

This is the first I'd heard about his desire to not exploit the native americans and how it came into conflict for his need for money. Makes me wonder: how common was this? How often was the exploitation of colonies demanded by the ruling country? How much did the way countries treated their countries vary from one to the other, did they go trhough different periods were they were more exploitative and other more lenient periods? Would love a video on that someday if possible

[@MLaserHistory]

Yes

[@lanzarotebello]

I'm a more amateur historian, but based on what I've been taught in university (note that I come from a former Spanish colony), the Spaniards in particular were very much against exploiting the newly-conquered territories, especially when compared to the British and the Dutch. The Spanish imperial policy during the time of Ferdinand and Isabella, and continuing for about a century or so, dictated that the Spaniards ought to instead reproduce with the natives since the goal was to create a culturally Hispanic world, essentially, hence why many of the native tribes that sided with Spain against the Aztecs, for example, survive to this day. Supposedly, one of the key reasons as to why the natives were mistreated en masse were due to a lack of accountability. Local governors (note that many conquistadors and Spaniards who go to the colonies only do so because they wanted estates and money, things which they could not get in the peninsula) often ignored these laws and exploited the natives primarily for their own benefit.

[@rin_etoware_2989]

i can bring up a bit i've learned from Alec Ryrie's lecture about how Protestant missionaries tried to deal with slavery: basically, many colonial ventures would have some qualms about slavery at the beginning, but they'd soon discover that slavery was _so_ profitable that any plantation or colony who didn't use slave labour would get outcompeted, fast. it was literally "if i won't do it, someone else will."

[@FOLIPE]

​@@lanzarotebello The laws of the Spanish empire actively discriminated against indigenous peoples, mestizos and even local born whites, though

[@herpaderppa3297]

@saifors Don't forget, white people ended slavery. Western Europe was the only part of the earth were there was no slavery since the dawn of time. Slavery is about powerful people against weak people not race. And the British almost bancrupted themselves ending slavery. Worldwide. Probably the most insane achievement possible.

[@alexanderabramov2719]

That chart is amazing

[@MLaserHistory]

Had to make some adjustment to it but yeah Usefulcharts has some great stuff. usefulcharts.com/

[@italianpc4119]

Amazing video, you should be one of KZbin's biggest historians

[@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642]

*sees thumbnail* It's Karl V/Carlos I/Charles of Habsburg, isn't it? *watches intro* Called it!

[@zilkmusik7652]

Great video! Insightful!

[@ferblancart8669]

Im spanish and this video portrays Charles more humanely than our own school system lol Glad there isn't any black legend bs here

[@Jesse_Dawg]

Fantastic history video. Please more videos

[@alanl.4252]

This was a very interesting video, I often see Charles’s name floating around in history threads but never really grasped the story behind behind the figure until watching your video. Definitely makes me want to learn about him and the period in which he lived.

[@DudeWatIsThis]

0:17 Thank you, good sir. The Empire in which the sun never sets - AKA, the *Spanish* Empire. Find your own catchphrase, Brits.

[@sweetpotataopiepie9253]

Finally!! I have a framework to hang all these bits of European history I've accumulated for 50 some years. Several Ah and Oh moments. Thanks bunches!

[@toddbonin6926]

This was wonderful!

[@Orbowitz]

I love listening to these videos while I'm at work or doing chores around the house.

[@mattoni553]

Great video enjoyed it very much! Charles V is such an interesting person.

[@RummyLPs]

Thank you for the video

[@juancruzcarrasco7820]

A great video for this channel. I am hoping for two equal secuels about his succesors Philip II and Ferdinand

[@ChancellorOfHistory]

I'm Just saying 1. There is another great video about him on History Core 2. Good to see more Charles the V

[@sultanstrelok9127]

Amazing, detailed vid

[@szlonkobusjbusj3819]

Great video!

[@juanhan4688]

Hola señor Láser History. Soy un ciudadano argentino amante de la historia de España y debo confesar que me sorprende que alguien perteneciente a la comunidad angloparlante hable de Carlos V, porque simplemente no he podido encontrar contenido al respecto. No se si es porque busco mal, pero es que de todos los canales de historia de habla inglesa que sigo, el suyo es el único que ha hablado específicamente de la figura del emperador. No se a que se deberá tanta ignorancia hacia aquel hombre que alguna vez dominó el mundo, pero me alegra que hable del tema. He notado que el video es bastante corto para abarcar a una figura tan interesante como lo fue el emperador y que, por el comentario que se encuentra arriba, se vio obligado a omitir muchos detalles debido a cuestiones de tiempo. No se si usted es historiador o si está estudiando para serlo o si es un aficionado, pero de ya le adelantó que el tema del imperio hispánico es uno de los más complejos e interesantes que pueda encontrar. Le daré un consejo, aunque creo que no lo necesita. Cuando busque fuentes sobre la monarquía hispanica, hágalo con cuidado, hay muchos documentos que dejan mucho que desear.

[@igor-yp1xv]

Great video, thanks

[@antigonos3012]

Charles V is one of my favorite historical figures that doesn’t get a lot of attention so thank you. Also Spelt Burgundian wrong in 2:25.

[@Bloopsan]

Fascinating video

[@LiveYourLifeWithJoy]

I Love the fact that he said the natives should be treated with Love, he really was a visionary and a man of Love ❤️🙏☀️

[@gav7428]

Did you not get the part where he participated in the slave trade or what

[@LiveYourLifeWithJoy]

@@gav7428 did you read my comment brother? Even Jesus did sin. Much Love ❤️🧘‍♂️☀️

[@andychap6283]

Awesome video

[@silesiaball9505]

Tfw when you get the person by the shape on the thumbnail 😎 Ps. A great video about a great monarch, who (imho) lived up to the name of Charlemagne

[@InquisitorXarius]

32:00 Damn, I almost cried when I heard you read his abdication speech. For even though many a horrid act occurred during his reign by those he delegated authority upon. I truly believe Charles was sincere when he said he had no intentional ill action or ill will upon any and all those he considered his subjects.

[@craigcollings5568]

Like all your accounts, quite magnificent.

[@lukaswilhelm9290]

He is great not only in possessions but also in personality as well, Europe will not see someone like him until Napoleonic era.

[@lukaswilhelm9290]

@@Chrysobubulle and Napoleon cant became what we know as Napoleon without French revolution and its chaos.

[@lukaswilhelm9290]

@@Chrysobubulle both were great man, it's useless to compare each other as they got different realities.

[@liamboote225]

Awesome video as always. I am curious as to who else Charles could have married if he wanted an inportant marriage with a large dowry while also avoiding cousin marriages.

[@MLaserHistory]

The avoiding cousin marriages would be hard. I am pretty sure almost all major royalty at the time were at least third cousins to each other. He was betrothed to both English and French princesses before his Portuguese marriage but obviously all those betrothals fell through due to various reasons.

[@blugaledoh2669]

@@MLaserHistory third cousin isn’t really a problem and many Catholic allow such marriages. The Catholic Church usually only forbids cousin marriage of first degree. They did tried to banned cousin marriage up to seven degree but there was many problem such as unreliable genealogy and the fact many noble were able to easily divorce (or “annulled”) their marriage by claiming too close of relation.

[@ohh_mega2042]

3:29 sorry to be pedantic but the coat of arms shown here for Mainz is the one of the city of Mainz (it has two wheels). The one of the archbishops of Mainz (who ruled over more territory than just the city of Mainz) only featured one wheel. As you are talking about the prince electores here I think it would be more fitting to use the latter. But that's just my opinion.

[@MLaserHistory]

More wheel, more better!

[@ohh_mega2042]

@@MLaserHistory true!

[@ferrjuan]

Surprising there is a Mexican chocolate bar 🍫 named after him Carlos V!

[@chubbymoth5810]

Excellent!

[@shutout951]

criminally underviewed

[@nice5396]

This was a very interesting video! When I think of an Austrian, or even Spanish monarch for that matter, Emperor Charles V is the first person for me to come to mind. He is a very interesting emperor and I wonder what would had happened if he had more money and resources! I wonder if you only do videos on Europe or if you do it on Asia as well? I think the empire of Persia would be an interesting video, as they were seen as very close to the Christian Europeans by interestingly most Europeans (French, Germans, Austrians, Dutch, Poles and even English for that matter) and played an hidden role in the renaissance. They were a part of the anti-ottoman league and even made an alliance with the Austrians because of the French-Ottoman alliance. The politics of Persia, and its influences on Europe (such as an interesting effect being that the Polish nobility made themselves believe to be descendent of the Iranic people). These things happened during the Afsharid (Napoleon of Persia) and the Zand (one of the most enlightened Persian dynasties) too, but relating to the Christian world, this happened during Abbas the Great which had a lot of historical connections with Europe.

[@MLaserHistory]

I mostly do European history because that's what I know best so I am more confident in being able to present the history without mistakes. But I am not against doing videos on the history of other parts of the world like Persia, it would just take more time because I would have to do more research as my baseline historical knowledge isn't as strong as for Europe.

[@nice5396]

@@MLaserHistory That is very understandable! Sources are very hard to find, and most I have read are more about the wider empire and not specially let's say the wars with the Ottomans or if they are, more about Europe with chapters of Persia in them. I hope either way good luck on your future videos whatever they are about!

[@TheWoozie147]

3:01 Historians on the Holy Roman Empire are disputing whether Luther did nail the 95 Theses. It's a small comment but you know, academic rigor and all that.

[@CharlesOffdensen]

So the most powerful Austrian was born in Flanders, lived in Spain, and comes from a Frankish noble family. What was Austrian about him?

[@MLaserHistory]

That he ruled Austria and came from the Austrian ruling house of Habsburg which was considered Austrian despite its origins from today's Switzerland. But again, as mentioned in the video, national ethnicity didn't really exist so our modern concept of being "Spanish", "Dutch", or "Austrian" cannot be neatly projected on to the past. However, our modern world works that way and that is why I used such wording for my title while explaining in the video the reality.

[@rin_etoware_2989]

of course, we all know the truth. he was Swiss.

[@Donderu]

Franconian*, not Frankish Edit: found out franconian is falled frankish in some contexts, I thought it only applied to okd frankish

[@CharlesOffdensen]

@@Donderu I mean Frankish, not Franconian or Swiss. The Habsburg claim ancestry from Adalrich of Elsass, who was a Frankish (or maybe Burgundian) noble.

[@andreigrotescu2516]

@@MLaserHistory His nationality was definetely Spanish,you could have just changed the title to Spanish instead of Austrian and it would be the same thing.

[@user-yj8yu2ss4o]

35:38 Charles V motto wasn't just in the spanish flag but it was also in the my hero academia anime therefore Charles influence is in anime

[@budwyzer77]

"and to treat them as free people and our vassals, which they are" 28:59 That is one seriously contradictory phrase, Charles.

[@Forever...Wanderer]

It isn't since there isn't the world "absolutely" there. They are considered free people, but still very much part of the HRE. "free people" here is mainly to oppose denominations like "slave" or "second-rate citizen".

[@jarko2349]

Speaking about powerful men, ever wondered about making a video about Ladislav Škultéty Gabriš ?

[@LiveYourLifeWithJoy]

How could such an old guy ride a horse? Honest question

[@LiveYourLifeWithJoy]

Thanks for the share tho ❤️🙏✨️

[@TheAustrianAnimations87]

My favourite Austrian emperor! No doubt he was the most powerful Austrian person in history. For those who say it was the painter, he only controlled Europe for a short time before quickly losing everything. I'd also argue that the US was the most powerful country in WW2. Charles V on the other hand controlled entire Latin America (except Brazil), half of modern US territory, and also Spain, the entire HRE, some Italian & African territories, and the Philippines. Furthermore, the painter lost his entire empire to the Allies within years while Charles V's empire survived for centuries against France and the Ottomans (battle of Pavia and 1st siege of Vienna), and that while also being surrounded. Truly an impressive achievement.

[@nirfz]

Technically.... the painter had renounced his austrian citizenship when being given the german one during WW1. (He fled from conscription in the A-H army and volunteered for the german army.) And a non german citizen was not able to be elected for the Reichstag and even less to be made chancellor.

[@TheAustrianAnimations87]

@@nirfz Well, you're right. However, Austrians are ethnic Germans. Plus, hitler loved Germany more than the former multiethnic empire.

[@nirfz]

@@TheAustrianAnimations87 The overall ethnic group neither qualifies you for every citizenship of countries with majority of that ethnic goup, nor mean you get along great or that there is no distinction. Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Bosnians, Slovaks, Albanians, Kosovarians... are all as much "ethnic slavs" as austrians are ethnic germans. Only difference is that in the austrian-german case, the german country has the same name as the overall ethnic group which leads to some mixup in use. I tend to use the citizenship when possible because it is something that includes legal duties, demands and rights for the person talked about, and most of the time has more impact to how the persons actions transpire internationally than who has the same overall or specific ethnic background.

[@Embassy_of_Jupiter]

it's crazy how historically accurate the Crusader Kings games are

[@eark3425]

Cool video

[@Alex1492-tp4xi]

I consider him the most influential man in history in terms of global dominance he literally was so difficult to defeat that ottomans,protestants and french men needed to work together to fight him

[@ekszentrik]

32:00 Holy Viserys moment. How fitting.

[@jandro1565]

Great video, but it falters a bit in the part about America. The way you present the conflict is with a group of conquerors ignoring the orders of their king due to the limitations of the time and their personal interests. But the reality is much more complex, many conquistadors positioned themselves on the royalist side and sought to impose the laws of Indies on their own, creating multiple internal conflicts and differences between them, to which the indigenous peoples joined both in support and in opposition. And in the end, most of the legislation was carried out, although it took much longer due to the wars and the general chaos. Even famous conquerors fought or at least defended the ideas of equality with the Indians. An example that may be somewhat ironic for some is Hernan Cortes himself, who went so far as to found the "Hospital de la Purísima Concepción y Jesús Nazareno" in which he demanded that both Spaniards and Indians could be treated (the oldest of America, which in fact is still in operation). And regarding to the slaves of Africa, the Spanish did not participate directly in the capture of slaves, they only bought them from the Portuguese and later from the English. There was even a position known as the "aciento de indias" that corresponded to the one in charge of the sale of slaves in the Spanish lands of America.

[@bennorwood8433]

I challenge you to make a video about Lichtenstein in the year 1929 and see if you cannot make it

[@CommonSwindler]

The impotence of Charles’ legislation in Spanish America is testament to the central problem of the first empire upon which the sun did not set, and the ultimate failure of its emperor: it was simply far too much for one man. Geoffrey Parker’s biography of Charles demonstrates his diligent and in many ways energetic but finally misguided administration. In fairness to him, few monarchs in all history would have proved equal of such a dauntingly mighty task. It required a political genius of the magnitude and industry of an Augustus or Henry II, which Charles simply did not possess.

[@Frahamen]

So Austrian he's born in Ghent

[@jankaipremec2747]

This video was great but you never mentioned that he was Charles I of Spain. Only that he was Charles V of the HRE

[@Strata.Marie.]

A worthy video to be number 69 on your channel

[@MLaserHistory]

lol it is? I had no idea :D Nice

[@Lavortriziska]

The video: "The Most Powerful Austrian in History" My mind for the next 10 minutes: *plays erika* "It's the austrian painter, i know it"

[@matthewe3813]

There is a certain painter that did.... things

[@SuperMutantSomething]

He seems just and relatable at times. Montaigne who was writing back then also seemed to write in indignation to what happened to the people in the americas, which he described that greed for gold and pepper market were the cause of great suffering. Which today is still relevant as all these latin american countries pretty much have dynasties of leaders that have sat there for generations not doing anything good for the indigenous that live there.

[@felicetanka]

More accurate in terms of influences in the world at that time, Charles V of Germany and Charles I of Spain, his mother being Juana queen of the then kingdoms of Castile and Aragon, today Spain.

[@dt534]

Actually he was a pure blooded Spaniard descended from El Cid and Hadrian

[@Fummy007]

I can't imagine the amount of time and effort that it took to draw and animate all this.

[@belgian-choklate675]

Charles the 5th was not Austrian... He was born in Ghent in modern day Belgium (at the time it was the low countries/the XVII Provinces) and the first official title he got was duke of Burgundy (1606). At the time the low countries (modern day Benelux and the north of France) were also called "lower Burgundy".

[@literallynothinghere9089]

There was another Austrian who held far more land

[@therac197]

incorrect, both were equally large with around 4 million square kilometres

[@WakeUpUniverse66]

*I CAN THINK OF A STRONGER AUSTRIAN, HE WAS A MAN OF VISION.*

[@federubio2519]

It wasn't his money to spend though, it was Spain's money, and indeed he plundered it to enrich his Germanic possessions, as Spain was never his country, rather his colony, a simple means to an end, which was to ravage it for its soldiers and American silver

[@felipeii7466]

Contrary to what the video shows, America's gold and silver were not the fuel of the empire. This is because acording to the law, Charles could only claim the "Quinto del Rey" (a 20% tax).

[@attiladerhunne2998]

Ah yes, the guy is the reason I have an extra day off.

[@user-ef8ol7nx9u]

Last true Caesar of Europe. It's sad that the last bastion of Charles V's legacy (Habsburg Austria) died out in 1918.

[@krittamethtowthirakul8068]

Francis being Frenchman trolling a spanish-austrian guy is just funny

[@d4n4nable]

He really should have struck him down when he had the chance.

[@realskorpio6949]

0:01 clicked the video away, no mention of the Austrian painter.

[@anwardivierparedes7138]

Desde Tlaxcala, mi más profundo respeto al emperador. La bandera de nuestro estado tiene las iniciales I.K.F por su familia: Isabel, Carlos y Fernando.

[@GarfieldRex]

Todo un ejemplo de líder y monarca 👌👑 sin duda tuvo que afrentar una era muy díficil, pero Dios le dotó de dones psra afrontarlo, y sin ser jueces se puede decir que lo hizo bien y por ello se le recuerda en la historia con cariño en todos los que eran sus reinos.

[@GeorgeMoulos]

oh, i was thinking of another guy...

[@veldrensavoth7119]

4:21 he lost a wrestling match. Mentally he never recovered.